The brief focuses on one of the key aspects of the Global Opportunity Youth Network (GOYN), the Collaborative Infrastructure, the process that develops and sustains relationships among ecosystem actors – including youth - in a “community” (which can be as a district, department or other levels) to increase collaboration, accountability, trust, and ownership for youth livelihoods. This approach is based on Collective Impact, which brings stakeholders together in a structured manner to achieve social change.

The brief provides an overview of the approach, its components and what it looks like in action in the GOYN communities, which include Mombasa/Kenya and Thiès/Senegal, where the CRS CPs are contributing to and supporting these efforts.